Lets you create a monthly calendar by entering a shortcode. Calendar is output as an HTML table. You can also highlight certain dates.
As of April 2026, Simple Shortcode Calendar is a WordPress dates plugin with 20 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Dynamic Month & Year into Posts.
Simple Shortcode Calendar lets you add an HTML-table-based monthly calendar to your posts and pages by entering a shortcode.
Features
This plugin is based on a tutorial for building a calendar using PHP, XHTML, and CSS by David Walsh.
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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